Austin Fast

Which NY prisons, jails have sepsis-related deaths? Check the list New York prisons and jails reported a total of 25 people suffered sepsis-related deaths while in custody amid mounting questions about the incidents in recent years, USA TODAY Network has ... See more

Sepsis nearly killed him in jail. Now he fights for better inmate care. Austin Fast Nicholas Jacobson had just been accused of murder when a raging infection nearly killed him. Left untreated for two weeks in a California jail, sepsis drove him into a com... See more

Sepsis was killing them. Their jailers thought they just wanted drugs. Austin Fast A life-threatening condition called sepsis kills hundreds of people in American jails and prisons each year, a USA TODAY investigation has found, but inmates with a history... See more

Sepsis is 'very treatable.' For inmates, it's often a death sentence. Austin Fast Locked in a segregation cell at a county jail in Oklahoma, Terral Ellis Jr. begged for his inhaler, his voice raspy and desperate. “I think I’m dying,” the 26-year-old fathe... See more

Sepsis is 'very treatable.' For inmates, it's often a death sentence. Austin Fast Locked in a segregation cell at a county jail in Oklahoma, Terral Ellis Jr. begged for his inhaler, his voice raspy and desperate. “I think I’m dying,” the 26-year-old fathe... See more